This document contains a quiz about world tourism with questions about locations, landmarks, and facts related to tourism around the world. It is divided into two rounds with multiple choice questions testing knowledge of topics like the headquarters of UNWTO, famous sites in India, states known for certain activities, the largest museum in India, and the most visited country by international tourists in 2013. The second round contains similarly themed questions about landmarks, capitals, and transportation. Both rounds instruct participants to answer in under a minute and award 10 points per correct response.

1. WORLD TOURISM DAY QUIZ
Quiz Master
Abby Varghese
IIIrd B.Sc Geography,
Tourism & Travel
Management
Madras Christian College
Tambaram

2. INSTRUCTIONS
The Quiz Master’s decision are final.
Each Answer will get 10 Points
Pass Questions will get the same 10 Points
Maximum Time granted for answering a Question is 1min.

3. ROUND 1
Where is the Headquarters of UNWTO located?

4. Madrid, Spain

5. The official name of Golden Temple is ………….

6. Shri Harmandir Sahib

7. In which city is the famous ancient monument Hawa Mahal situated?

8. Jaipur

9. Jallikattu is a famous sport played in Tamil Nadu as a part of Pongal
celebrations. Which animal is associated with this sport?

10. Bulls

11. Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan is the tourism brand ambassador of
which state?

12. Gujarat

13. What is Indira Point?

14. Southern most tip of India

15. Tawang, famous for its Buddhist monastery, is situated in ………..

16. Arunachal Pradesh

17. ………………… is known as Venice of East

18. Udaipur

19. ………………… is called Land of Gods

20. Uttaranchal

21. What is the Indian state famous for boating activities on its
backwaters?

22. Kerala

23. Which is the Largest Museum in India?

24. Indian Museum, Kolkata

25. Which city is known as “Silicon Valley of India”?

26. Bangalore, Karnataka

27. ROUND 2
The Rules & Regulations will remain as the same as previous round.

28. Which country was the Statue of Liberty a gift from?

29. France

30. This site is the last resting place of Mahatma Gandhi – the Father of
the Nation

31. Raj Ghat

32. Also known as Sansad Sadhan today, this building during British
period was called as the circular House. Which building are we
referring to?

33. Parliament House

34. What is The Chicken's Neck?

35. Siliguri Corridor is a narrow stretch of land which connects India's
north-eastern states to the rest of India. This strip of land of land is
only 21 to 40 km in width, with the countries of Nepal and
Bangladesh lying on either side of the corridor.

36. The seven states of the North East, including Sikkim, also known as
the seven sisters. Which is the largest state among the 'seven sisters'?

37. Arunachal Pradesh

38. Most-visited country by international tourist arrivals in 2013?

39. France

40. This is the first planetarium to be set up in India. The largest
planetarium in south East Asia. Second largest in the world. Name the
Planetarium.

41. The M. P. Birla Planetarium, Calcutta, which started functioning on
September 22, 1962 and was formally inaugurated on July 2, 1963 by
the first Prime Minister of India, Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru. With a
capacity for 500 people.

42. Which is the capital of Lakshadweep?

43. Kavaratti

44. VISUAL ROUND
Rules remains unchanged for this round.

46. “Maqam Echahid” in Algiers is an iconic concrete monument
commemorating the Algerian war for independence.

48. Humayun's Tomb

50. Red Fort

52. Kambala
Buffalo racing Kerala

54. Kho Kho

56. Gilli-Dinda

58. Qatar Airways

60. All Nippon Airways

62. Malaysian Airline